Senate
Resolution
109
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
109
BY
QUIRMBACH
,
BACON
,
ANDERSON
,
BARTZ
,
BEALL
,
BEHN
,
BERTRAND
,
BLACK
,
BOETTGER
,
BOLKCOM
,
BOWMAN
,
CHELGREN
,
COURTNEY
,
DANIELSON
,
DEARDEN
,
DIX
,
DOTZLER
,
DVORSKY
,
ERNST
,
FEENSTRA
,
FRAISE
,
GREINER
,
GRONSTAL
,
HAHN
,
HAMERLINCK
,
HANCOCK
,
HATCH
,
HOGG
,
HORN
,
HOUSER
,
JOCHUM
,
JOHNSON
,
KAPUCIAN
,
KETTERING
,
KIBBIE
,
MATHIS
,
McCOY
,
McKINLEY
,
RAGAN
,
RIELLY
,
SCHOENJAHN
,
SENG
,
SEYMOUR
,
SMITH
,
SODDERS
,
SORENSON
,
WARD
,
WHITVER
,
WILHELM
,
and
ZAUN
A
Resolution
recognizing
Dr.
Dan
Shechtman
of
the
Iowa
1
State
University
College
of
Engineering,
the
United
2
States
Department
of
Energy’s
Ames
Laboratory,
and
3
Technion-Israel
Institute
of
Technology
on
his
4
receipt
of
the
2011
Nobel
Prize
in
Chemistry.
5
WHEREAS,
Dr.
Shechtman
serves
as
a
professor
6
of
materials
science
and
engineering
at
Iowa
State
7
University;
research
scientist
at
the
United
8
States
Department
of
Energy’s
Ames
Laboratory;
and
9
distinguished
professor
at
Technion-Israel
Institute
of
10
Technology
in
Haifa,
Israel;
and
11
WHEREAS,
on
the
morning
of
April
8,
1982,
Dr.
12
Shechtman
discovered
the
existence
of
quasicrystals,
a
13
new
atomic
structure
for
solid
materials;
and
14
WHEREAS,
this
structure
was
previously
thought
15
to
be
impossible
by
the
scientific
and
engineering
16
community;
and
17
WHEREAS,
Dr.
Shechtman
endured
significant
18
skepticism
and
criticism
from
professional
peers
but
19
stood
firm
in
his
convictions
and
in
the
accuracy
and
20
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import
of
this
discovery;
and
1
WHEREAS,
Dr.
Shechtman’s
findings
were
independently
2
confirmed
by
other
researchers
around
the
world,
3
including
scientists
at
the
United
States
Department
of
4
Energy’s
Ames
Laboratory
and
Iowa
State
University;
and
5
WHEREAS,
the
discovery
of
quasicrystals
resulted
in
6
textbooks
being
rewritten;
and
7
WHEREAS,
the
discovery
of
quasicrystals
has
8
increased
knowledge
and
the
fundamental
understanding
9
of
solid
materials;
and
10
WHEREAS,
in
2004,
Dr.
Shechtman
joined
Iowa
State
11
University
as
a
professor
of
materials
science
and
12
engineering
in
the
College
of
Engineering
and
the
13
United
States
Department
of
Energy’s
Ames
Laboratory,
14
as
a
research
scientist;
and
15
WHEREAS,
he
continues
to
teach
students
and
conduct
16
research
in
Iowa;
and
17
WHEREAS,
in
recognition
of
his
groundbreaking
18
scientific
achievements,
the
Royal
Swedish
Academy
of
19
Sciences
awarded
Dr.
Shechtman
the
2011
Nobel
Prize
in
20
Chemistry;
NOW
THEREFORE,
21
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
honors
22
Dr.
Dan
Shechtman
for
his
groundbreaking
discovery
of
23
quasicrystals,
his
perseverance,
and
his
contributions
24
to
teaching
and
research
at
Iowa
State
University
and
25
the
Ames
Laboratory,
which
culminated
in
his
receipt
of
26
the
2011
Nobel
Prize
in
Chemistry.
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